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Ctenochelys
Taxonomy
Ctenochelys was named by Zangerl (1953) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp-l K Camp-u Sepkoski's reference number: 987]. It is the type genus of Ctenochelyidae.
It was assigned to Toxochelyidae by Carroll (1988); to Lophocheliinae by Weems (1988); to Chelonia by Sepkoski (2002); to Lophochelyinae by Zangerl (1953), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Karl and Nyhuis (2012); to Cheloniidae by Hirayama (1995), Joyce et al. (2004), Matzke (2007), Brinkman et al. (2009), de Lapparent de Broin et al. (2014); and to Ctenochelyidae by Gentry (2018).
It was assigned to Toxochelyidae by Carroll (1988); to Lophocheliinae by Weems (1988); to Chelonia by Sepkoski (2002); to Lophochelyinae by Zangerl (1953), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Karl and Nyhuis (2012); to Cheloniidae by Hirayama (1995), Joyce et al. (2004), Matzke (2007), Brinkman et al. (2009), de Lapparent de Broin et al. (2014); and to Ctenochelyidae by Gentry (2018).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1953 | Ctenochelys Zangerl p. 227 |
| 1981 | Ctenochelys Thurmond and Jones p. 131 |
| 1988 | Ctenochelys Carroll |
| 1988 | Ctenochelys Weems p. 141 figs. Table 2 |
| 1995 | Ctenochelys Hirayama p. 282 |
| 2002 | Ctenochelys Sepkoski |
| 2004 | Ctenochelys Joyce et al. |
| 2007 | Ctenochelys Matzke |
| 2009 | Ctenochelys Brinkman et al. |
| 2012 | Ctenochelys Karl and Nyhuis |
| 2014 | Ctenochelys de Lapparent de Broin et al. |
| 2018 | Ctenochelys Gentry |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Ctenochelys Zangerl 1953
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†Ctenochelys acris Zangerl 1953
Ctenochelys tennuitesta Zangerl 1953
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available